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Researchers led by experts from Oxford University warn that a 1.5C temperature rise would melt Siberia's permafrost, which would in turn release hundreds of gigatonnes of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/carbon-dioxide/">stored carbon dioxide</a> and methane into the atmosphere. Covering nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere, this ticking carbon bomb would speed up global warming and cause <a href="http://inhabitat.com/irreversible-climate-change-will-occur-in-5-years-if-major-infrastructure-is-not-changed/">widespread climate change</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/a-1-5c-temperature-rise-would-set-off-siberias-permafrost-carbon-bomb/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Arctic permafrost

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Researchers led by experts from Oxford University warn that a 1.5C temperature rise would melt Siberia's permafrost, which would in turn release hundreds of gigatonnes of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/carbon-dioxide/">stored carbon dioxide</a> and methane into the atmosphere. Covering nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere, this ticking carbon bomb would speed up global warming and cause <a href="http://inhabitat.com/irreversible-climate-change-will-occur-in-5-years-if-major-infrastructure-is-not-changed/">widespread climate change</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/a-1-5c-temperature-rise-would-set-off-siberias-permafrost-carbon-bomb/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Siberia

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Researchers led by experts from Oxford University warn that a 1.5C temperature rise would melt Siberia's permafrost, which would in turn release hundreds of gigatonnes of stored carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere. Covering nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere, this ticking carbon bomb would speed up global warming and cause widespread climate change....